Sitapur, August 09: A woman allegedly killed her husband by setting him on fire while he was sleeping, police said today. She was enraged over his extra-marital affair.
The incident took place yesterday when the woman sprinkled kerosene on her husband and set him on fire while he was asleep in his house at Madarpur village in Hargaon area here, they said.
The man was rushed to a hospital in critical condition where he died today. Extra-marital affair was stated to be the motive behind the act, police said.